Blair Considers Blaming Prescott As Labour Lose
Labour yesterday suffered their worst election results since the Falklands war in 1982, with the party losing 210 local councilors.
Blair is attempting to take control of the news by announcing an immediate reshuffle, with the inevitable rumours that Prescott may be about to lose his job.
Tessa Jowell, said: "The headlines of the last two weeks have made it very difficult for us and created a noise that has made it very difficult to get over our local election message. I am very sorry if local activists feel that they have been let down."
This is, of course, a nonsense.
Most of us, myself included, have deserted Labour because of the lurch to the right the party has taken under Blair's management.
We want a Labour party that represents Labour values. Charles Clarke's announcement that he intends to consider all foreign nationals who have served a jail term as candidiates for deportation was a step too far for many Labour supporters.
We have been seduced by Blair to accept more right wing policies as a way of appeasing the "middle ground" and ensuring continuing Labour victories. However, many of us are coming to the conclusion that we don't want to be any part of a Labour party that is simply operating Tory policies under a Labour name.
I have no great faith that these results will change the way that Blair governs, but one would hope that the party in general would take stock of how far they have wandered from the path that got them elected in the first place.
Attempting to deflect the blame on to Prescott will be a catastrophic error should Blair go ahead with it.
Prescott is Tony Blair's last contact with the Labour grassroots. Prescott's crime, that he had an extra-marital affair, is amongst the most menial one could imagine.
Should Blair sack Prescott, which it's being hinted this morning that he will, he will finally sever his links with the party; and from there Blair's fall will be a swift one.
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